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punching
We have found lemma(root) word of punching : punch.
Definitions
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- strike with the fist
(e.g: he was kicked and punched in an unprovoked attack)
- press (a button or key on a machine)
(e.g: I punched the button to summon the lift)
- drive (cattle) by prodding them with a stick
Phrases:
- beat someone to the punch
- punch above one's weight
- punch the clock
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘poke, prod’): probably from punch
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a blow with the fist
(e.g: he reeled under the well-aimed punch)
- the strength or power needed to do something
(e.g: he has the punch to knock out anyone in his division)
Phrases:
- beat someone to the punch
- punch above one's weight
- punch the clock
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘poke, prod’): probably from punch
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a device or machine for making holes in materials such as paper, leather, or metal
- a tool or machine for impressing a design or stamping a die on a material
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (denoting a hole or indentation): apparently an abbreviation of puncheon
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- pierce a hole in (paper, leather, metal, etc.) with or as though with a punch
(e.g: she handed him her ticket, which he punched and returned with a grin)
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Origin
:
late Middle English (denoting a hole or indentation): apparently an abbreviation of puncheon
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a drink made from wine or spirits mixed with water, fruit juices, spices, etc., and typically served hot
(e.g: we sat drinking our rum punch)
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Origin
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early 17th century: apparently from Sanskrit pañca in pañcāmṛta, literally ‘five nectars (of the gods)’ (because the drink had five ingredients)
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a draught horse of a short-legged thickset breed
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 17th century (as a dialect term denoting a short, fat person): perhaps abbreviation of puncheon or Punchinello; compare with Punch
[pʌn(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a grotesque, hook-nosed humpbacked buffoon, the chief male character of the Punch and Judy puppet show. Punch is the English variant of a stock character derived ultimately from Italian commedia dell'arte
Phrases:
- as pleased as Punch
Origin
:
late 17th century: abbreviation of Punchinello
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